Conclusion to 1 Thessalonians:

Compliments – I Thessalonians 1:3, 8

End of the world – I Thessalonians 4:13-5:11; 2:19

Example/imitate/model – I Thessalonians 1:7; 2:9

Non-Christians – I Thessalonians 1:7-10; 4:13, 5; 5:6

Word/instruction/gospel – I Thessalonians 1:6, 8; 2:13

Prayer – I Thessalonians 1:2; 5:17

Persecution – I Thessalonians 1:6; 2:14-16; 3:3-4

II Thessalonians

Introduction

Some think II Thessalonians was written before I Thessalonians. It ultimately doesn’t matter much either way.

Many of the same themes from I Thessalonians are repeated in II Thessalonians. The coming Judgment is again a theme in II Thessalonians, as is the need to work hard.

II Thessalonians 1:1-5 – Love of each one of you toward one another grows ever greater.

I Thessalonians 5:14; II Thessalonians 3:11

The church in Theesalonica was good but could still be better. Like each of us, it could grow!